BlackRock Reports Second Quarter 2017 Diluted EPS of $5.22, or $5.24 as adjusted

iShares assets under management crossed $1.5 trillion as momentum continued in the second quarter, with a record $74 billion of net inflows. Growth was balanced among iShares Core funds, precision exposures and financial instruments, demonstrating that ETFs are no longer used only as passive allocations, but increasingly by active investors to generate alpha in their portfolios. We continue to focus investments in distribution, portfolio construction technology and ETF education as iShares growth opportunities migrate more rapidly to accelerating adoption and new uses of ETFs.